Night Owl Cards

Every year on this day -- the day after Christmas -- I write a post about what cards I didn't get. I'm sick of writing those. So instead I'll address another post-holiday card activity, which is filing away the year's cards. I do this every year. From the beginning of the card season, usually in late January, until December, I stack the year's cards on a desk in the card room. Each set -- Topps flagship, Heritage, Chrome, A&G, Opening Day, Bowman, etc. -- receives its own stack. Whatever I decided to buy from that year is out in the open for all the world to see, provided they enter the card room. As the seasons change to spring, summer and fall, each of the stacks grow and more are added. Some years there are lots of stacks and they get so high that I have to split them up. In 2009 I had cards all over the place. In 2012 and this year, there wasn't much to notice. In December, I start cataloging. I file each of the cards into the spreadsheet an...